I originally replied offline, but given the level of discussion, it seems appropriate to put this here.
Take a look at USBOblivion which will vape all existing registry entries etc. for USB devices. Next time you connect they will reload. The only problem is that COM port number will most likely be changed. Regards, David Partridge -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Cash Olsen Sent: 29 May 2015 20:18 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] USB problems and solutions - Some what Off Topic I have been plagued with hard crashes of the computer when plugging in and unplugging USB devices. I have generally determined that some of the USB to serial devices are the worst offenders. I am also suspicious of some of the hubs. I wander if even the operating system is partly to blame. I'm using Windows Vista, and have several different USB to serial adapters. Most are Silicon Labs and Prolific. I thought I had the problem resolved with Prolific by over-riding the driver and installing an earlier version but Windows may have updated the driver, that seems to be a common problem. I'm coming to time-nuts because I remember that at least one member had a very large number of adapters on one computer, so I'm hoping to find some help. I don't generally seem to have trouble with other USB devices, just the serial adapters. One further issue, the COM ports are marked in use from 3 to 50+ and I'm only using at any one time 3 or 4. Can I clean up the assignments and can I make the assignments static after connect and reconnect or restarting the computer? -- S. Cash Olsen KD5SSJ ARRL Technical Specialist _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
